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New York City, NY
In July 1949, Paula Burger and her family flew from Munich to New York, where they stayed for a short time before continuing on to Chicago.
Naliboki Forest, Poland [Belarus]
The Bielski partisan detachment was based in the Naliboki, a primeval forest in northwestern Belarus. Paula Burger and her family lived in the Naliboki with the Bielski group for two years, from 1942 until their liberation by Soviet forces in July 1944.
Mir, Poland [Belarus]
Minsk, U.S.S.R. [Belarus]
The city of Minsk, today the capital of Belarus, has been ruled by Lithuania, Poland, and Russia since the 13th century. Prior to World War II and again after 1945, Minsk was the capital of the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic of the U.S.S.R. The city was occupied by Nazi Germany from 1941-1944.
This map features a selection of locations that figure in the history of the Holocaust. This is not a comprehensive map. The featured locations were selected based on their relevance to the Survival & Witness project. Many sites have been omitted due to the limited scope of this project; new locations will be added as the project is expanded.